A Candle for the Devil (1973)
- Original title
- Una vela para el diablo
- Directed by
- Eugenio Martín
- Genre
- horror film, satanic film
- Country
- Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 40 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two repressed sisters in Spain run a small inn and murder a British guest. When the victim's sister arrives to meet her, the sisters try to cover up their crime.
tenseunsettlingslow-burnbleakclaustrophobicpsychologically disturbingreligiousgothic
What happens
A Candle for the Devil (lit. Spanish: Una vela para el diablo), also released as It Happened at Nightmare Inn, is a 1973 Spanish horror film directed by Eugenio Martín and starring Aurora Bautista and Judy Geeson. Its plot follows two sisters in Spain, both suffering from extreme repression and religious paranoia, who murder a British guest at their inn just before her sister arrives to meet with her. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.